2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341598#Comment_341598 2012-10-04T08:38:12-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Horrible Warning Si http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1223

It's Thursday, it's mid-afternoon in London, it's another wrongheaded morning in Mericky, it's who-the-fuck-knows-when in Australia, and it's time for more Crossed Hideosity. ...in fact, it's ...

...in fact, it's time for SEASON TWO to begin in frightful earnest.

Episode 23, live and free-to-air.

Remember: Not safe for work, not safe for minors, not safe for people of a nervous disposition, not safe for paisley, not safe for safes, not safe for Admiral Fortiscue Bletchington.

GOREEDMIFINGZ.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341605#Comment_341605 2012-10-04T09:01:40-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Dethklok http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10805

Have the feeling the X-ed out former nun is hunting Shaky specifically. Want to know more about the X. Is it a mutation on the + disease? How can things get any worse for out heroes and for the world ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341606#Comment_341606 2012-10-04T09:38:30-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Malkydel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10828

As interesting as Theresa and her novel infection is, the guy with the beard struck me as being more interesting by his abscence. Why show us the X and the 2 +'s clear as day and then hide his face. ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341607#Comment_341607 2012-10-04T09:50:28-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 No Fear http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10811

I wonder just what Shaky did prior to getting to Cava? Im sort of betting he let the others get taken by the Crossed to save himself, having learned valuable lessons from the Gamekeeper. Which makes ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341609#Comment_341609 2012-10-04T10:30:41-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 blighty http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10752

I have been assuming the bearded guy is the Gamekeeper. The X infection, however, I have no idea about. And yeah @No Fear, I also figure Shaky had had something to do with the nun(and the rest of the ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341611#Comment_341611 2012-10-04T10:54:24-07:00 2012-10-04T10:54:54-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

One alternate theory is that she's not actually infected, but she scarred herself in order to blend in and survive, being out for revenge against Shaky. Of course, this isn't terribly likely... ...

Of course, this isn't terribly likely... How the hell would you keep yourself uninfected while shoving femurs into your private areas in the company of plusface followers?

Unless of course they're not actually infected either. Again, a bit of a long shot.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341614#Comment_341614 2012-10-04T11:07:02-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Horrible Warning Si http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1223

Also, that would be the worst disguise ever.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341618#Comment_341618 2012-10-04T11:44:43-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 curb http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334

I don't know why, but I didn't expect this episode to be so fast paced. Very good fun though, had a nicely cinematic feel to it. Can't wait to find out what the deal with the exeds is. And Houton. ...

Can't wait to find out what the deal with the exeds is. And Houton. And Viceroy, and andmoremoremoremore!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341621#Comment_341621 2012-10-04T12:24:47-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299

Hell of an opener! I'm kind of liking the "nun is hunting Shaky" theory. While it does make sense to go after a moving target (predators are attracted, after all, to motion) she could ...

I'm kind of liking the "nun is hunting Shaky" theory. While it does make sense to go after a moving target (predators are attracted, after all, to motion) she could just as easily have lead her crew onto Cava for the easier pickings. She's smart enough to know that with fewer guns and fewer able bodies, the island would be easier to take. But no. She goes after the armed, fast, at least somewhat clever runners. Why?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341625#Comment_341625 2012-10-04T12:56:04-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 No Fear http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10811

'Worse disguise ever' lmao. All i hope with the different X on the nun's face that we are not headed for a crossover with Wolverine and co lol. Simon, without giving away anything, how much leeway do ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341632#Comment_341632 2012-10-04T13:49:15-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 tomrahster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10836

Great start to the second book (and great finish to the first book, as well).

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341647#Comment_341647 2012-10-04T15:11:00-07:00 2012-10-04T15:11:19-07:00 Berserker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=41

Props to the new artists Fernando Melek and Keith Williams on this chapter. They picked up the chore so smoothly I almost didn't notice we had a new crew on it. Now I'm really looking forward to ...

Are we going to get different hands illustrating on each chapter?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341649#Comment_341649 2012-10-04T15:13:42-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Oddcult http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214

Told you it was a mortar.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341654#Comment_341654 2012-10-04T16:02:23-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Well, hey, crazy vengeful nuns aren't the most sane subjects to start with. I could see her deciding that the straight cross was blasphemic, and thus X-ing herself instead. Her plan doesn't have to ...

... if it were at all viable. And again, bare femur-screwing and hanging with apparent plusfaces... Yeah.

Still, having read the first three Crossed paperbacks, it's not THAT far-fetched for a group of people deciding to cross their faces and parttake in the crazy without actually being infected. At least for a little while. Hard to avoid fluids when you're running around naked and slobbering on various body parts.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341655#Comment_341655 2012-10-04T16:06:02-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 longtimelurker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7739

I feel guilty because every week the story gets better and all I can think to say is "duh, that was awesome." Anyway... Awesome.

Anyway... Awesome.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341676#Comment_341676 2012-10-04T23:19:21-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

Did make me wonder: What would happen to a person if they did scar themselves and in stress and chaos induced insanity, try to BE crossed without being actually infected? (Okay so I doubt they'd ...

And then I wonder'd if we'd ever see O-faced people, so I could make a perverse tic-tac-toe set...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341685#Comment_341685 2012-10-05T03:12:06-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Oddcult http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214

I'm sure there are some tumblrs dedicated entirely to O-faces already.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341686#Comment_341686 2012-10-05T03:19:09-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Horrible Warning Si http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1223

Oddcult wins the Internets today.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341689#Comment_341689 2012-10-05T05:20:04-07:00 2012-10-05T05:20:18-07:00 fenrir07 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10857

Great episode! Can't wait until next Thursday! :)

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341703#Comment_341703 2012-10-05T10:17:37-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Hayama http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2287

The corpses that had the grenades stuck in their mouths had an X scar on their faces. (Volume 1, Chapter 17, Page 13)

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341705#Comment_341705 2012-10-05T10:57:30-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 PerfectlySafe http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10778

Gold star for you. Her face has a rash, though. Theirs were slashed. There are a few really intriguing implications here. Have to say, this episode is one of my favourites so far. Worth it for ...

Her face has a rash, though. Theirs were slashed. There are a few really intriguing implications here.

Have to say, this episode is one of my favourites so far. Worth it for the centaur rights thing alone.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341708#Comment_341708 2012-10-05T12:38:07-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

Wonder if she slashed her face and got infected on purpose.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341713#Comment_341713 2012-10-05T14:05:53-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Horrible Warning Si http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1223

Give Hayama a gold star, folks.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341719#Comment_341719 2012-10-05T15:01:18-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Berserker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=41

This episode did make one thing clear - Shaky's nun friend is almost certainly the one who has been organizing the Crossed in the area, and so is probably responsible for their unusually organized ...

By the looks of her boat, she's become something of a religious figure to them somehow, so she's obviously still 'in the business', as it were. Or as close to it as plusfaces will ever get.

Point being, she's obviously some new iteration of the Crossed phenomenon, and that is VERY INTERESTING...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341736#Comment_341736 2012-10-05T19:43:20-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 longtimelurker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7739

Well, anyone who would immediately defy the Gamekeeper and "survive"... She has obviously learned the old order is NO MORE... and she has found horrible new ways to adapt.

She has obviously learned the old order is NO MORE... and she has found horrible new ways to adapt.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341744#Comment_341744 2012-10-05T22:15:49-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 curb http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334

And I also find it interesting that Shaky has had a chance to put a bullet in her at least once, and has hesitated. Course, that could just be down to the difficulty of aiming from the back of a ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341746#Comment_341746 2012-10-05T23:51:30-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

Yeah, I'm willing to bet there's no force on earth that would have let Shaky make that shot outside of pure blind luck. On the boat, that gun is better as a telescope than weapon, unless the target ...

Oh, and I second No Fear's question- how much leeway is there in wandering outside of standard Crossed rules?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341756#Comment_341756 2012-10-06T06:29:14-07:00 2012-10-06T06:32:40-07:00 longtimelurker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7739

Re-read the first episode. Shaky's range is far shorter than his view. Edit to add: it is interesting that he hasn't told anybody either about what he saw, which adds to the nightmarish aspect.

Edit to add: it is interesting that he hasn't told anybody either about what he saw, which adds to the nightmarish aspect.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341763#Comment_341763 2012-10-06T10:03:14-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 No Fear http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10811

I'd kept thinking that it wasnt the nun Shaky saw and recognised but having looked again seems pretty conclusive that it is her. So it can't be coincidence she is in that neck of the woods so I ...

Personally, cannot wait to the next instalment and if the Gamekeeper is also alive and infected, well there could be major problems developing further down the line. Oh, I liked the new artwork too which want too dissimilar to the art from the first season.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341822#Comment_341822 2012-10-07T16:09:18-07:00 2012-10-07T16:12:01-07:00 Kosmopolit http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1346

My first guess when it was suggested that The Crossed were acting differently was that uninfected people were killing Crossed, flaying off their faces and wearing them as masks. The truth it seems ...

The truth it seems is probably going to be much, much worse.

My new theory: the nun voluntarily infected herself by cutting an X into her face.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341823#Comment_341823 2012-10-07T16:27:48-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Kosmopolit: Well, wearing someone else's face as a mask won't ever really look like it's just a face. For vivid examples, see both the second and (especially) the third Crossed TPBs. And if the ...

And if the nun voluntarily cut an X into her face to infect herself, wouldn't that leave her with a starface? 'Cause of the Crossed infection also giving her the cross-rash? Of course, this is a crazy disease that makes people serial gore rapists, so I guess it's hard to say that that's a definite "rule".

IMO the nun's either (a) a new strain of Crossed, (b) not Crossed at all but faking it and/or just crazy (not likely for earlier stated reasons), or (c) a figment of Shaky's guilt-ridden imagination (and the X-scarred grenademouths can be explained by the same, unless someone else in the party commented on it and I missed it). Dude's not getting a lot of sleep, as he mentioned.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341869#Comment_341869 2012-10-08T18:51:03-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 scorinaldi http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10872

the X's are VERY INTERESTING, and it's not voluntary. ( my guesses ). I think they're a new breed of Crossed, more hierarchical. The author hints that the crossed can change their behavior ( Shaky in ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341871#Comment_341871 2012-10-08T19:20:22-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Kay Orchison http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10078

They have always been capable of SOME organisation and hierarchical behaviour - remember Horsecock, from the original series? This just seems... more cunning I suppose. Better planned.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341877#Comment_341877 2012-10-09T02:27:27-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Oddcult http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214

Everyone's already got the action figures with the crosses on their faces. They've got to give the retailers something new to go on the shelves this Christmas.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341886#Comment_341886 2012-10-09T08:28:32-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 flecky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8949

It's not really relevant, but I've been printing this out at the I.T. Room at rehab. Why do people only look at the monitor I'm using when there are only sick images on display? People here now think ...

Fuck 'em!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341914#Comment_341914 2012-10-09T18:23:36-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625

My wife glanced over while I was reading Crossed #1, right on the page where rage-zombies are raping a family to death. Her only comment was "Awesome horror art!". I love being married to ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341922#Comment_341922 2012-10-10T01:32:06-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 stanandcindy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10766

I think the nun is infected with a new strain. Whether it gives her more enhanced abilities regarding planning, foresight, leadership remains to be seen. Jacksons anecdote about crossed retreating ...

I suspect Shakey has given us a hint about how this arc is going to play out. He specifically mentions that they didn't go back to Cava to report on the crossed decoy. This is significant & suggests to me that the sortie group survive relatively intact & return home to the aftermath of horrific attack.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10862&Focus=341992#Comment_341992 2012-10-11T08:37:38-07:00 2013-05-22T08:15:07-07:00 Deadly Ramon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10873

I think that Shaky was just hallucinating and going insane when he thought he saw that nun with the unusual variation of the cross on her face, and that's why he volunteered to go out on a limb on ...